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Alistair D. Status: Offline
London, United Kingdom
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AI/ML Developer | Google Ventures Engineer | 10+ Years Exp.

I work with ambitious innovators and entrepreneurs to design, prototype and build AI powered applications, fast. After leading the AI solutions engineering team at a Silicon Valley AI Startup, backed by Google Ventures, I know how to take your vision and turn it into AI solutions that result in real profits. After working in development for 10 years, I’ve seen 3 problems with how other providers typically run projects... 1. They overwhelm clients with technical jargon 2. They say "yes" to everything, over-promise, under deliver and overrun 3. They delay projects by focusing on shiny objects instead of real business results When this happens: - Projects take way longer than planned - Projects cost way more than quoted - Time is wasted on alignment In reality, finding a partner with the end to end practical experience needed to design and launch AI products is harder than you’d think... But, when your AI project succeeds the pay off is immense I've seen it first hand... Here's a few reasons that I'm the right person to turn your great idea into an roaring success: ✅ Top 1% on Upwork as a Top-Rated Plus and Expert Vetted Freelancer ✅ 9+ Years in Full Stack Mobile and Web Development ✅ Helped 26+ Businesses Scale with my Solutions ✅ Google Ventures Startup Experience: 2+ Years of Cutting-Edge AI Work ✅ IBM Certified Expertise in Enterprise Design Thinking ✅ London Based And here's some practical examples of the outcomes my solutions have achieved: The last startup I was at raised over $50m from Google and Sequoia and was valued at $400m.  They just got bought by Steve Wozniak's company (Apple co-Founder) Since then I have: + Helped 2 startups raise 7-figures with clickable web app prototypes + Built an entire warehouse management platform for a US logistics company expanding to Europe. It syncs with their US operations and shipping providers + Prototyped an app for Canada's leading security tech company. They used it to land the biggest contract in company history. Then, I built them a full stack web application to visualise 1.8m crimes + Built a web app for a Supermajor energy trading team to monitor 136 petrochemical sites with connected car data and alert them to shutdowns that would move commodity prices + Developed an AI pipeline to detect deforestation across the whole of Indonesia (1.9m sqkm) for the worlds biggest CPG company + Developed a web app for an industrial insurance company to analyse thousands of invoices using OCR and a fine tuned AI model, freeing up 200+ hours per claim + Built a web MVP for a startup that uses gen AI to create thousands of personalised videos with AI avatars in multiple languages + Engineered a PDF AI extraction internal web platform for a US real estate law firm. Freeing them time to focus on more important tasks + Worked with a Japanese Bank to develop an application using cellular footfall data and financial inputs, to optimise how much cash to leave in US ATMs + Built an app for a London property company that automated their legal letter generation and streamlined surveys saving 60+ hours per week And, there’s more. Lots more... Feel free to have a look at my case studies and customer reviews below. With 10 years in engineering, and 2.5 years leading the AI solutions engineering team at a Google Ventures startup... I've delivered multi-million dollar projects for Fortune 500 companies So, why does this matter for your project? I know how to turn your idea into a functional AI application, fast. This means you get a solution that works In the shortest time possible Without any surprises Plus, I bring industry leading Silicon Valley expertise to your team What's more, I can prototype your idea in just 5 days... Why? Because nothing helps you get buy-in, investment and your first customers like a beautifully crafted, clickable prototype Here is how I work with clients: 1. You get hours of research before I even give you a proposal 2. You get access to top silicon valley talent, immediately 3. You get business results, fast Typically the first step is a quick call In the call we'll talk through your project goals and some discovery questions After the call, I'll give you a full project plan, scope and timelines and you can decide if you want to move forward If you're interested, let me know and I will share my calendar to find a time that works for us to meet.
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Skills

Skills

  • Python
  • API Integration
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Apache Kafka
  • Apache Spark
  • Databricks Platform
  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • Data Engineering
  • Apache Airflow
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Lake
  • ETL Pipeline

Testimonials

Endorsements from past clients

"Alistair built us a data visualisation website to show visitor demographics, a map of our sites and other location based data. Being able to demo the platform has led to a huge improvement in our sales calls, and was crucial in helping us to bring on our first customers to the new service. Our clients tend to be experiential agencies, who are short on time and need to compare multiple sites, so it was important that we had a clean design which presented the information very clearly and that's exactly what was delivered. Whilst working with Alistair, it felt like he took the time to become part of the team and to really understand our business. I look forward to working with Alistair again and I would highly recommend him! "

Duncan S. | Business Director, Site Space
Jan 2023

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